Sharks vs. Killer Whales: Who wins?

A pod of orcas attacked a group of sharks off a beach in New Zealand as residents watched the two predators fight.
Tracy Thomas, who saw the incident, told The National that it appeared like the orcas, known as killer whales, were hunting the sharks. One shark washed up with a bloody gash on its snout, she said.

“That particular shark had been beaten up by the orcas,” she said. “There were heaps of sharks just off the beach, swimming in towards the beach then turning around and going back out.”

Another witness, Peter Robertson, said he had never seen orcas and sharks fight.

“It would appear the whales were fighting the sharks … the sharks were coming ashore because they didn’t want to be in the water.”

Jim Fyfe, a marine ranger at the Department of Conservation Otago office, said small sharks are sometimes hunted by killer whales.